Convertible seat for automobiles.



R. E. L. MLORTUN. l

CONVERTIBLE SEAT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

l APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, '1.913.

1,095,660, i PatentdMay, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

` R. E. L. MORTON. CONVERTIBLE SEAT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

AJ?PLHLTIOQN` PILD JUNE 16, 1913.

Patented-May 5, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ROBERT E. L. MORTON, or bINUBA, catrronma.

OONVERTIBLE sEA'r EOE AUTOMOBILES.

' Specification o fLettex-s Patent. Application filed Juneis, 1913.

Patented May 1914. serial No. 774,021.

To all whom t may concern.: y

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. L; Moa'rox, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Dinuba,'in the county of Tulare and State of California, have. invented certain4 new' and useful Improvements in 'Convertible Seats for Automobiles; `and I do hereby declare. the following to be afulL'clear, and exact description 'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled, in .the-art to which appertains 4to make and use' the same, refautomobiles andl other erence being hadv to the accompanying drawings, ancl to. the letters and figures ,ofl reference ymarked thereon, which form-v a part of` 1 thrown intoposition y gency in 'case of-sickness'. 16g. .3 is a-vertical isectional View taken. on line this specification.

Thisinventin relates tocertain new and useful improvements, inconvertible seats-for passenger carrying conveyances andit has` forits-obj'ect' the provision of means whereby ythe seats' Of a;

- vehiclemay beqickly andreadily convert-V edintola bedgor couch. t

',.The' in" 'ion has' forlits-,spccific bbjct' th` provi` Lof means whereby en? uteniob l or other r .Seesen-Carrying Conveylie maybe adaptedifon use hobbes a .conveyance `.ithejdrznivingsby-numeral, l.7 represents the andmeans `for-pfr'ofvidi gad'equate and@ foxtable sleeping, accomniodat-ion's,l the being adaptedlto .be automatically converted intof ay or couch withouttheanecessity remoying the same `:t'r'omzthe vehiclefor substituting' y parts therefor.` kand` Vas readily .g re-J stored'toftheirfnormal positions, provid-- ing capacity of a Iside area4 of an 'the novel combination,

inga convenient vehicleifor use .inlong dis-gl y tance touring. and. permitting the.` tourist to camp by night in localities in which 1^ sleepfound.

The invention has forv afjirther-ohject the l provisionfo means whereby theentire inalftomobile. or other vehicle converted-into a single orV may .bel Vreadily y.double sleepingcoilehiorbed with provision whereby the 'couch or bed may` be" rigidly held or locked in the'adju'sted positionand 'automatically un-I locked .and restored to. normal position.

To .these ends andrto such others as the inventionma-y pertain, thesamc' consists in arrangement and adapta'tion of vparts,n rhereby the enitireseatvehicle may be` 'quickly .changed into a sleeping` compartment `of suit-` ;cble capacity for use of touring or camping parties. or, if desired, to change' one section,

'O f the seating b1le,1llnstrating my invention, the parts being; shown in 5 or?? 4 of.- the'rear'seat is utilizedy to fill" the increased spfwe` 1 the fronty seat when saidQ position, thus 'affording parts 2* and` 2", :nected to theseat :2 and inner Jpiv.otally rngaccommodations could noty otherwise be@ 2amide. lugs 24 which: are

or half of the seating capacity into a'couch or bed, suitable for -use of physicians in emergency cases in which it is found necessaivto provide a speedy conveyance of ar patient.

The invention'is clearly illustrated in the accomlmnying drawings which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a partvof this specification, and in which Figure `1f is a longitudinal sectional view compartment of an automo.

normal Or seating position. Fig-2 i'sa similar View, the seats being for sleeping, or emern 3 -301 Fig. `1. Fig. 4'isalongltudmalfsectional view of a passenger automobile wherein the lback betweenlthe rear seat and the' back of backr is` in 4lowered a large area for sleeping' purposes. andfFigs. 5and'6 are de- ,tail` views of the lockingbolts. I

'Reference now being had' to thedetails of body of an. automobile ofl they usual constructiomhaving affront seat2 and a rea'r seat 9, the'ront'seat QLbeing provided with a suitable backy which is divided into two which are hinggedly con- 2`fby outer hinge lmembers hinge menfibers` 2", which are V.connected to corresponding.' hinge members 2and=n22 secured." to the seat 2. The yinner hing Hmemb'ersiQ. have downwardly projecting arms orlevers the Object of Vwhehavvillbe describedIlater. l

Toy-the under forward edge of thefront.

sea-t 2y are' securedlguide brackets 3 which are provided wit-h longitudinal slots 3 ing locking'v sockets `3" vhaiiat their outer ends, said islots being" adapted to receivel and secured to'and carried vby thepivoted extension seats 4 and 4". Said seats are'hormally located `under `the seat Zand outoffthewayj of fthe@ieetof,tlie'operator of ,'the automobile. Theseats 4 and 4 are provided on theirrunder -or rear. sides wi th' :bracket 4" adapted. (to be pivotally connected with the forward 'ends ofconnecting rods 4 whose rear endaave'cnnectedto the downwardly extending levers 2 of the hinge members 2". lIt willbe seen that, 319

- Said knob, when in its retractedposition,l

themedium of the levers 2, rods Lland guideV braces 3 be brought into alinement. .with the.

rear seat fh'backs Qa, 2b and front seat 2.

i ALocking bolts X, one of which is shown in detail Figp of the' drawings, are mounted to have longitudlnal movements 1n grooves X formed in the lower portions of the ex Q tension seats 4l and 4". and seated in an en-V X2, one end bearing against vthe shoulders .1

'Wa-rd seats, which are' fixed, as ell as the backs thereto, and therear'; seats which are at theend of said groove and the otherend against a knobV 'X swiveled to 'cheV bolt X.

is4 adapted' to be thrown laterally into an oisetorslot, X5` inthe'edge of the groove,

holding: .the spring under'tension, but, when a partial revolution is imparted to the-bolt.

to release the knob from said notch, lthe lspring will tend to throw thebolt `forward .to project through. thel end of--t-he grooveand engage one end. of a groove X formedin ythe lower portion of the frontA seat Midextending the yentire width thereof. A .1on-

v gitudinally `movable push bar, designated by4 X" and shown Ain vllig.4 2 of the draw# I ings',.. is mounted to yhave a longitudinal jecting end of the bolt X is pushed-byjthe movement in said groove X5 and, Ivvhength'e seats and backs are arranged in Ahorizontal alineinent nsshown in Fig. andthe pro,-

spring X3 into thejendof the groove Xland against. `the end of the pnsh baij, X1, .the

latter( is`gi'ven a longitudinal mQVl'TlQrlt vto Icause its other endto .projeot beyondthe l".'rear edge of the seat? .and engage the end of a groove XB formed inthe back 2. Said groove X? hasa lockingbolt Y, a detailfof 'which is. shown in ligQ .of thell drawings, rrionntedy ,to have a longitudinal Iiiovement l ltherein andthe groovefX" is chambered Las chainbered portion of the oove,'a's shownj.

hen the project` "ing `,e nd ..of the push'bolt comes in 'Contact atX'to receive' the `coilev spring; Y', one end of which bears againsti the pinl Y2 and its other en d againsty the shoulder Y of the ii'n' dotted lines in Fig.

with'aiid i partsa lori itudinnl movement "'Stethebolf "ject ,through the groove lat the rear edgeVv of j, one endo the 'latter willpro- I"the irostrate back 2* and ivillengalqera hole formed-horizontally in *he'fnfwe'ff edge 5oY thermos ia horizontal4 ali'nemiii t0 form v4It will heli of the rear seat, y.thus locking theseats and ed "this-t.l .wherithe and relation with the seats, the operatorbytaking* hold of the knob X4 and pushing' the chicle, Willcaussethe spring X"-\to" be put lin readiness tov be throwh fthe- 'backs-in vertical upright .lengthv of. the interior of vth vwill ,be provided. 'It wille] i thepartsgwhen thus, adjuste underv tension and" allow bythe spring Y to expand, rreturnin .the bolt Y to itsnormsl position and whic letter blt will impart a longitudinal movement togthe push bar returnin'gtitlto its normal osition out of en' gagexnent with the hole [1", while the bolt X will disengage from the groove in the bottoin 'of the seat 2. The swinging ofy the knob X* into the offset Xfwill'tend to hold the bolt X under tension of .the spring X8 rwa-rd again when' the knob. X4 is released from its notch.

It will .bev understood that each of the for- .equipped bolt and push bal'npparatus. for

i n order to hold locking the back and seat.

ositions, latches, designatedl by letter 2, are ormed in the outer edge of each'back` and which are adapted to engage-holes Z', shown in dotted ..1ines'inFig. 3 of the drawings.

-It .will-.be noted that, when -,the seats are pro erly disposed, a continuous bedlx', tenI ingthroughout practically ,the entire l vehicle :body be noted that in their relative .positions will be secirel held in place against possibilit of accidental .displacement and it will-v efurther noted that thcseats may lbe quickly and lreadily restored to their Inormal positions when desi red," thc connect-ions and .lever mechan'sni providedfor `operatin vor chanmg. the 'positions of the scatbacks being .suc as to'caiise the connecting parts t. be automaticallyi adjusted by .the moveine t of the sent bach, from its vertical toa. hdrzontalposi-- tion.l l n Having lthus described-myiliventiomwhat I claim' to be new and desircltos'ecureby Letters Patent'iszl coinblnaition with` a,fixedforvvardg` .seat and movable rear seats of a, vehicle' 'bodv 'a hinged lback tothe, forward'xed seat, an arm movable withthe back',\.a,'fold ing seat ,having lsliding pivotal connection Ivvi'tl'ftlife fixed seat', pivotal'rodl connections "between thefoldingiosbat and said arm, a

pivotal legto said folrlingpseat, 'saidscats and the hackslialvinglgrecves` fo med therein, aspring-'pressed boltmonnte within the rqroove in said folding` seat, a lon itudinally `n iovab'le push bar molintc'd in th groove in the fixed seat, a `Springactnated lt in the groove in said swinging back', idfbolt in the folding'seat ada? ted, when th Vseete'end backs are swung 1n orizont-al alxnement, to

be moved forward by action ofthe spring bearing against the Samoand *engage the `rgroove in thefxed seat and imparta longi- "tu'clinal movement to the push bar, causing theK latter to enter the groove `in said back in s meme@ an@ move the push bolt therein under tenn sieh of the spring into a groove formed in the rear Seat, as set forth.

In combination with a xed orwad se'bj ,and 'moi/able reel" seais of e vehie bof y, a hingedback so `bhe forward' xed seat, an arm mombe with the beek. slotted bracket members asened to the fixed seat, a'oldmg seat having pwotai pms progecting therefrom and adapted te have sliding movements in the slotted brackets, pivotal supporting legs to said foding seat, a. rod pivotally connecting said arm with the folding seat, said seats and backs having grooves 'formed therein, a spring-actuated bolt in the groove in said swinging back, said bolt in the folding seat aapted, when the' seats back and move the push bolt therein under tension of the spring into a in the rear seat, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afx my groove formed .signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ROBFRT E. L. MRTON. itnessez ELSE. LADD,

FRANKLIN H. HOUSE. 

